Building of many hues at the Kremlin reaching Moscow skyline
The Kremlin on Moscow Hill dominates the city with its hundred foot walls and golden domes visible across town. Inside, two bronze figures of the 17th century rivals greet visitors before the riotously colored Church of St Basil stands a kaleidoscope of domes and towers, a non symmetrical architectural marvel that defies conventional beauty.
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Kremlin
Russia
Moscow
Europe
St. Basil
Last of the Carib Indians and their vanished people
The Carib Indian, once the first Caribbean contact with Europe, is described as nearly extinct. Most remain on Dominica's Salybia reserve, a hard to reach settlement with no sheltered harbor. Access depends on favorable weather and a coastal steamer, requiring a canoe landing for passengers.
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Columbus
West Indies
Caribbean Sea
Carlos
Dominica
Salybia
Syllables Clipped In Elevator Word Game
In a skyscraper elevator a man uses clipped syllables to name floors thirteen fifteen seventeenth and nineteen prompting the elevator boy to join in with a puzzled reply about not hearing a teen in years.
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Mun
Ben
Religion of Russia and its Orthodox Catholic Faith
The Russian Orthodox Church, a branch of the Greek church, introduced in the ninth century. The liturgy is Slavonic, not Greek, and the faith is identified as Orthodox Catholic. Sixty six percent of Russians follow this faith. 1915 census lists 182,182,000 people.
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Russia
Constantinople
Russi
To Know How To Be Ready
Fragmentary quotation on readiness and forethought by Amiel advocating simplification of duties. Discusses severing essentials from minutiae and the need to grasp and decide. Contains garbled text and missing context but preserves core idea of preparing by simplifying responsibilities.
Foods That Cause Rickets Warns Doctor Health Note
Dr Beverley Robinson of New York warns in the New York Medical Journal that rickets stems from insufficient animal fat and protein and lime salts in a child’s diet. He cautions against excess pasteurized milk proprietary foods or cereals for two to three year olds and notes scurvy and rickets can appear even in affluent families under good hygiene.
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Beverley Robinson
New York
New York Medical Journal
Osler
De Soto Romance Ties to Early American Exploration
De Soto, the Spanish explorer linked to much of early American history, is noted as the first European to view the Mississippi. He fell for his patron Dom Pedro de Avila’s daughter, was urged to America to avert war, served in Nicaragua in 1527, left Avila in 1528, returned to Spain in 1537, and married Isa Jowils after years apart.
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de Soto
Ferasine de Soto
Mississippi
Dom Pedro de Avila
de Avila
America
Nicaragua
Fernandez
Spain
Isajwils
Orange fruit art in Puerto Rican street sales
In the tropics oranges are valued for thirst quenching qualities and culinary appeal. Puerto Rican push-cart vendors sell oranges for a cent, peeling them precisely with a knife to leave a thin white coat and a small top hole, enabling a clean last suck.
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Tropics
Porto Rican
Our Clubbing Offer for Idaho Farmer and Payette Enterprise
We announce to subscribers that we arranged with the Idaho Farmer to send both papers to every reader who pays all back subscriptions and one year in advance. Price is one dollar for both papers until October 1, after which it rises to $1.50. Offer applies to new and old subscribers.
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Idaho
THE
Idaho Farmer
Penkatic
Idaho Parmer
Payette Enterprise
Masonic Lodge Meets Twice Monthly at Thurston-Crighton Building
Washoe Lodge No. 28 A M meets in the Masonic hall on the second Tuesday evening of each month and invites all traveling Master Masons to attend. For sale or exchange an eight room house with barn and outbuildings on a 100 by 300 foot lot, close in. Easy terms or exchange for a smaller place. Full particulars at the Enterprise office.
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Washoe Lodge
Masonic Hall
Thurston-Crighton
Government Needs Farmers and Fighters Offer Lands in Oregon
Government seeks farmers and fighters, promoting two million three hundred thousand acres of Oregon and California Railroad Co Grant lands revested in the United States. Land opened for homesteads and sale with a large map detailing soil, climate, rainfall and elevations. Postpaid one dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co Box 610 Portland Oregon.
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Oregon and California Railroad Co
Grant
United States
Grant Lands Locating Co
Portland
Oregon
Ama
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